U.S. History Flashcards
The natural boundry separting the English Colonies in North America (The 13 colonies) and the French Territory to the west (Fur trading lands) is the ______.
Appalachian Mountains.
Following the 7 years war (French and Indian Wars), France loses…. to England.
France lost Canada and all land East of the Mississippi.
The Seven Years War results in England implimenting two policies the colonies don’t like.
- The expense of the war is put onto the colonist in new taxs
- The territory gained West of the Appallachians is considered an autonomous zone ruled by natives. (The colonist want to expand west.
The first continental congress convenes in ____, to dicuss rising discontentment with the mother country.
1774
Following the War for Independence, the new United States gain all territory ______ (from Great Britain) and Spain gets ____.
East of the Mississippi
Florida
Remember, new ______ is what drove most exploration
trade routes to the east (for Asian spices)
Though differing considerably, the colonies of England were bound by shared ideas of ______, ______, and ______.
Limited Government, Representation in that government, guaranteed rights as Englishman.
The age of discovery reignited European state rivalys, sending five countrys (_____) searching for new _____.
Spain, Portugul, England, France, Netherlands
looking for new trade routes to Asia.
The New England Colonies had a variety of ideas associate with them
- New England (Northern Colonies)
- Middle Colonies
- Southern Colonies
- Religous persecution, commerce and ship building, small scale manufacting.
- Farming and commerce, small scale manufactoring
- Tobacco/Cotton (cash crops) and slavery.
Self Government started early in English Colonies with the ________ in 1619 and ______ in 1620.
House of Burgesses
Mayflower compact
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conneticut and New Hampshire are all colonies apart of
New England
Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey
Middle Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Southern Colonies. (No manufacturing.
The Articles of Confederation failed to establish a _____.
Strong Central Government.
The Constitution solved two major problems of the Articles of Confederation
- Separated Powers of States and Federal Government
2. Separted powers of legislative, executive, and judial branches of government (Checks and Balances)
Colonist were mad about the _______ because it prohibited them from moving West of the ______ mountains where agreements with Native Americans wouldn’t allow them to settle.
Proclamation Act
Appalachian mountains.
The Tea act (1773) maintained an import tax on Tea and gave the _______ a tea monopoly, allowing it to undersell American Merchants.
East India company.
The Coercive Acts, also know as the ________acts, shut down the _________, ended ______ is Massachusetts, and the _______ act for all colonies.
Intolerable acts.
port of boston
self rule in massachusetts,
New Quarting Act for all Colonies.
Lexington and Concord were the first _____ of the War for Independence.
battle.
The Battle at Fort Ticonderoga result in the Americans seizing
100 cannons
The Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in _____ but with heavy ______ compared to the ______.
British Victory, casualities on the British Side, Americans.
Americans showed they could stand up to the British.